Cleanup to Dust Floaters Becomes Beacon Street Story
A Friday morning scene on San Pedro Beacon Street shows 250 skid row residents, known as floaters, living in boarded buildings amid plans approved by the L A City Council for a 17 million dollar seven year cleanup funded two thirds by federal sources. The long process includes acquiring title to several blocks and will not instantly remove the residents who survive on redeye and milk. Police sweeps have ended, with private property rules allowing the homeless to stay unless owners object. The piece contrasts the residents’ daily routines with the city’s redevelopment ambitions.
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San Pedro
Beacon Street
L.A
Los Angeles
Uncle Sam
Community Redevelopment Agency
W. Sixth Street
Railroad Strike Threat—Signalmen Might Halt Trains Nationwide
Railroads brace for a possible strike by signalmen set to start at 6 A.M. Monday. Negotiators in Washington continue talks to avert walkout as major carriers watch for word from the Association of American Railroads and federal mediators. Stakeholders from Southern Pacific and Milwaukee express readiness to wait for further word.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
Labor Department
Southern Pacific
Milwaukee
Small Plane Down West of Ontario
A twin engine plane from Albuquerque with five aboard disappeared from radar near March AFB at 1 p.m. Saturday five miles west of Ontario. Civil Air Patrol at Brackett Field began search efforts in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.
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Laverne
Calif
Albuquerque
N.M
March Air Force Base
Federal Aviation Administration
Ontario
Civil Air Patrol
Brackett Field
San Bernardino Mountains
Los Angeles
Doctor Becomes Colorado Tick Fever Victim in Denver
A U S Public Health Service epidemiologist Dr Michael Earnest caring for a study on eradicating Colorado tick fever became ill after finding a tick attached to his body. He was reported recovering.
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Denver
Public Health Service
Colorado
Michael Earnest
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